Search Results for
tag/faith_formation
Blog Post
Advocacy Update – April 2023
It has been a busy couple of weeks on the advocacy front now that the legislature has dealt with the statebudget. Speaking of the budget, you have heard the democratic majority passed a budget that...
Blog Post
2024 Weekly Legislative Update #1
January 15, 2024 The second session of the Maine Legislature is off and running. Having carried over a record number of bills from the first session and adding another 100 or so “Emergency” bills, every...
Blog Post
Bishop Brown’s Christmas Message 2024
Merry Christmas from Bishop Thomas Brown! In these 12 Days of Christmas, more than at any other time of the year, we adore the Word made flesh, our hope is renewed, and our humanity is restored because Jesus Christ, ever ancient and ever new, is born.
Page
Worship
Event
‘Vote Faithfully’ networking call
On the first Thursday of each month through November, The Episcopal Church’s Public Policy and Witness team will host a series of “Vote Faithfully” calls to support voter engagement in ways consistent with Episcopal values....
Resource
Faithful Givers
Faithful Givers is a new initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine that will strengthen our capacity to engage God’s mission in our congregations and in our community-based ministries. This program will help us develop and sustain financial giving in seeking pledges, fundraising, and building endowments for the future.
Blog Post
Faithful Givers Roadshow a Rousing Success
Clergy, wardens, treasurers, and others interested in church fundraising turned out in good numbers for the Faithful Givers Roadshow, held at St. John’s, Bangor on Friday, May 29 and St. Mary’s, Falmouth, on Saturday, May...
Event
Faithful Preaching in Changing Times: What the Recent IRS Interpretation of the Johnson Amendment Means for You
In a pending case in Federal court in Texas, the IRS has reinterpreted the Johnson Amendment—potentially opening the door for churches to engage more directly with electoral politics during worship if they choose to. But...